Salt Your Water to Make It Boil Faster: MYTH from Busting the Most Common Kitchen Myths Slideshow

Busting the Most Common Kitchen Myths Slideshow

Have you been living under the assumption that if you salt your water, you’ll bring it to a boil faster? McKeller says that you’re actually creating the opposite effect, because when you add salt to water, it raises the boiling temperature of water by a few degrees. While the degree change from adding salt is not drastic enough to affect how long it takes the water to boil, you’re certainly not helping yourself by doing it.